Why all Americans are divided by a ‘Common Religion’ - called Christianity?

Question

Please take no offence to your belief and faith. I have equal respect to all of you, irrespective of your faith and belief.

Why so many segments in Christianity in America? Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Scientologist, Jehovah Witness, Seventh Day Administration and on and on…… I don’t even know so many in America.

I saw only “Catholic” in my country. I did not know even these names before I came to America.


P.S.
Please take no offence to your belief and faith. I have equal respect to all of you, irrespective of your faith and belief.

Answer 1

True Christians are primarily interested in WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES (see Scriptures below).

It seems that it is primarily trinitarians who insist that this religion or that is specifically "not Christian". In particular, trinitarians repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of God.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.

The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".

In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"

(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”

(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name


So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded


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http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
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http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm

Answer 2

First off let me state that Scientology is a cult.Jehovah Witness is also a cult.Neither are denominations of the Christian faith.The JV might as well be agnostic because they do not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.Seventh Day Adventist believe in keeping the sabbath holy.Keeping the sabbath holy will not get you into Heaven.SDA also believes in keeping the laws of Moses.When you accept Christ you are not under the law of Moses any longer.The last time I was in a Methodist church I felt nothing.Presbyterian nothing also.But,I carried myself into an independent baptist church,and was able to worship and listen and learn.Not Southern baptist.Independent baptist.We teach,preach,and worship as it should be.

Answer 3

If you do some homework, you will learn about the Great Reformation that took place about 500 years ago... when people began to PROTEST against the practices of the prevailing and only church for over 1,200 years: the Roman Catholic Church.

One of the early protesters was a Catholic clergyman, Martin Luther, who had issues against "plenary indulgences", i.e., paying monies to settle one's sins. Read about the rest of them and study the founding of the major Protestant churches and their reasons behind their sentiments against the Mother Church.

And going further back to around the 10th-11th century, there was a huge schism or break when the Catholic Church split up between the Eastern [Greek] Orthodox Church and the Western Church [Vatican].

There is so much to learn if you dig a little deeper and read up on it. You owe it to yourself.

Seek and you shall find. Ask and you shall receive. Knock and it shall be opened for you.

Peace be with you.

Answer 4

Well, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, and Presbyterian all have European roots, and owe their creation to the anti-Catholic Reformation in Europe.

Perhaps you didn’t see the other Protestant denominations until you arrived in the USA because you had no need for them? You only found them when you were looking for a Catholic church?

Answer 5

Where are you from?All over the world there are many denominations in many parts of africa its the same,not an American deal.Now some countries esp in latin america are mostly catholic..but there are many denominations worlwide you need to get out more

Answer 6

Because, over time people have taken one or two verses; from an entire chapter or book in the Bible and interpreted it according to their personal opinion / belief.

Answer 7

People *mistake* religion for FAITH..... it is that simple....... Religion denotes *belief* in some one or something, but FAITH is the all knowing that covers *believing* God...... or what ever it is you believe..... believing in and just believing or 2 different things........... the word *religion* did not start out to be what it is today, man made it a *bad* word...... God bless

Answer 8

Just so you know Scientology is not a form of Christianity. LOL some one might take offense to that one.

Answer 9

I think the religions that you mentioned are "add ons" to christianity. Baptist is probibly the closest to the real thing, but not quite. If you need any more help please feel free to email me. Ok?

Answer 10

Most depends on family orientation rather than philosophical thought.